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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 12:13 AM
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2011 stalling at slow speeds, hunting idle, restarts every time

Got 2011 with 205k, tuned and deleted.

Truck runs great, good power, no smoke, no leaks, no codes

Have a problem tho, engine idle is pretty erratic. It will start and idle perfect at 600ish, steady.
When I start driving no matter if hot or cold motor, and while still at slow speed, if I lift foot off throttle, the idle bounces 600-800 few times, and then settles at 600 most of the time.
Occasionally idle bounce goes as low as 400, and some of those times it can't catch itself and it stalls out. Restarts immediately like nothing happened.

When at speed, and lifting off pedal to coast, RPM would bounce couple of times and then settle. At first I thought it was from downshifting. but indicator is steady in 4 for example and RPM is bouncing anyway

Does anyone have same symptoms, or knows where to look

There are no error codes. I have tried a known good MAF sensor, same symptoms as with my original one.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 06:02 AM
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check with your tuner people. That is going to be the place to start.

Maybe also use manual mode when slowing down.
 
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Originally Posted by senix
check with your tuner people. That is going to be the place to start.

Maybe also use manual mode when slowing down.
Thanks for the reply, dealer i got truck from uses same tuner for all their 6.7s, same delete tune on all trucks, none have had this type RPM issue

I will try manual mode see if it helps
 
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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by man-o-war
Thanks for the reply, dealer i got truck from uses same tuner for all their 6.7s, same delete tune on all trucks, none have had this type RPM issue

I will try manual mode see if it helps
Maybe take it to that dealer, and have them do some troubleshooting
 
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Did it get fixed?

Hello.
did you ever figure out what it was?
mine is doing the exact same thing 😬
 
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